Daggerfall:Vampirism

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Vampirism in Daggerfall is a condition that can affect you after dying from the disease of the same name. You will gain numerous advantages by becoming a vampire, but will have to feed every day in order to survive.

In order to become a vampire, you must first acquire the associated disease from a vampire or vampire ancient. The chance of catching the disease is very low (0.6% chance per hit), so getting the disease may take some time and patience. Once you have the disease, you will have to die. Once you die, you will receive a notification saying "Death is not always eternal. For some it is merely a time of waiting. Now is your time of waiting. Be patient and all will be revealed..."

After receiving the notification, you will awaken. Your character portrait will now show you with blood on your face, and standing in a graveyard. You will have all of the spells and benefits associated with the bloodline of the region in which you died. After you awaken as an undead, you will be able to undergo the Rite of Acceptance.

After becoming a vampire, you will take continuous damage from holy places and sunlight, as well as having to feed. If you fail to feed every day, you will be unable to rest. This is a minor inconvenience, which will prevent resource regeneration.

There are nine bloodlines of the Iliac Bay, each with their own unique benefits but all sharing the same quests. These nine bloodlines each have benefits specific to them and an area of dominion. You will automatically join the bloodline of the area you were infected in, and gain the bloodline's benefits.

The following table provides a summary of each bloodline and the associated benefits:

Since the you have technically "died" in the process of becoming a vampire, your legal reputation in all regions is reset. You are now a new and just born individual in the eyes of the law.

In addition, all guild memberships are revoked. For most guilds, you can simply rejoin. However, guilds which operate by invitation, such as the Thieves Guild and the Dark Brotherhood, are a different trouble. Since you can only join those guilds once, then acquiring vampirism after admission into those ranks prevents you from rejoining those guilds at all, under any circumstance. However, if you have not joined such guilds, they do retain the option to join even in your undead state, and you simply need to trigger the conditions from which an invitation is extended.

It is possible to be cured of vampirism, which will not "reset" the character as acquiring vampirism does, but merely remove both the benefits and penalties of being a vampire from you. Since guild membership is not affected, any "lost" chances at Thieves Guild or Dark Brotherhood remain "lost"; i.e. you may only belong to either of those guilds once and only once, and acquiring vampirism irrevocably ejects the character from those guilds if the character was a member of those guilds. If you never joined an invitation-only guild, you are still eligible to join, and merely must trigger the invitational events. Likewise, if you were admitted to those guilds after becoming a vampire and were later cured, your guild memberships would not be affected.